. >> a about a 1,000 kilometerss furtrther north in the villagege of abraha atsbeha,a, another near miraculous phenomenon is occurring. farmers are finding water at the bottom of their wells, despite the poor rains this year. the famine of 1984 struck the people of this valley very hard. many migrated, many died. now the people arere returning. the village chairman, gabre giday, remembers well how life used to be. >> [speaking in foreign language] ten years ago i'd say,y, even five years ago, i'll tell you what the situation was: it was absolutely terrrrible. the sun, the drdrought, the win, it was all dry like the desert. there was a a refugee program fr our village, so we e had a choi, leave the valley or do something. >> with government support, they applied the same principips asas the chchinese: setting land aside for natural vegetation to return. in the ravines, they built small dams which are now fed by underground springs. andd like professor legesse's sstream, raiain that fell weeks ago nonow slowly seeps throuough the subsoil, replenishing the supply of water. >> [speaking in foreign